LOVE AND LAVA Ollie Downey BSC recounts shooting The Fires in Iceland, navigating volcanic eruptions, extreme weather and a tiny crew to capture epic visuals on a modest budget. There aren’t too many more exciting calls to get as a cinematographer than to travel to Iceland…
SIGNS OF THE TIMES Ollie Downey BSC relied on Astera tubes with diffusion socks and HMIs outside windows to light Reunion, managing a tight schedule and high page count with a traditional yet effective lighting setup. The BBC drama miniseries Reunion is widely…
DIGGING DEEPER Apple’s dystopian drama Silo pushes creative boundaries in its ambitious second season, with parallel timelines, epic visuals, and innovative cinematography that redefines underground storytelling. Apple was confident enough in its world building drama Silo that season two was…
ELECTRIC DREAMS A sparky HETV reimagining of Naomi Alderman’s award-winning speculative novel, The Power, subverts gender dynamics with an electrifying twist. We speak to three of the show’s DPs – Ollie Downey BSC, Ruairà O’Brien BSC ISC and Carlos Catalan –…
SPECIAL OPS The team behind short film Fireworks explain how they used virtual production technology to explore new ideas and immersive storytelling. Fireworks is a short political thriller about MI6 agents in a special operations room in London attempting to eliminate a dangerous militant…
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